Sixty middle school students from the Explore Charter School in Brooklyn recently visited Columbia Athletics to tour the department's facilities and participate in a panel discussion with several current Columbia senior student-athletes.

Columbia Athletics achieved unprecedented participation levels at Columbia's Giving Day 2017 as the department raised a record $3.174 million on a total of 4,644 gifts, Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Peter Pilling announced on Friday.

The Columbia Athletics' Women's Leadership Council celebrated its 10th Anniversary with its annual fall 2017 event last evening at Barney's in New York City. The event honored the founders of the The Council: Lisa Carnoy '89CC, Donna MacPhee '89CC, Philippa Portnoy '86BC and former Columbia Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Dr. M. Dianne Murphy.

Mike Miller has been named Columbia University Athletics' new Associate Athletics Director for Marketing Strategy, Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Relations Bob Steitz announced on Tuesday.

The Columbia Athletics' Women's Leadership Council will celebrate its 10th Anniversary next week with its annual fall 2017 event held on Thursday, October 5 at Barneys in New York City. This year's Women's Leadership Council fall event will honor the founders of The Council: Lisa Carnoy '89CC, Donna MacPhee '89CC, Philippa Portnoy '86BC and former Columbia Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Dr. M. Dianne Murphy.

The Francis Levien Gymnasium was filled with its first cheers of the 2017-18 academic year as Columbia Athletics welcomed back more than 800 student-athletes at its annual student-athlete welcome reception on Monday evening.